obama’s not qualified?
as if i didn’t have enough to make me depressed and give me a headache with the israeli-palestinian conflict issue, a friend’s emailing me about how obama shouldn’t even have been able to run for president as he doesn’t comply with the requirements as set out in the constitution article 2, section 1!?!
“No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States, at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty five years, and been fourteen Years a resident within the United States.”
so what is a natural born citizen?
14th amendment
“Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws”
thanks – now it’s all clear! no wonder the supreme court is waiting to hear the case – someone has to interpret it!
obama’s produced a “certificate of live birth” but has not produced a “birth certificate” that everyone born within the US possesses. the “certificate of live birth” isn’t signed by a doctor and seems to be a form printed on a computer which even MY certificate in 74 was printed on a typewriter…and apparently the supreme court is willing to hear these cases also so they are not 100% bs.
wtf!?! shouldn’t it be someone’s job to make sure these requirements are filled BEFORE delegates are picked and whole presidential race, etc.!?! who dropped the ball here!?! and for god sakes, obama, i want you to be president – i voted for you – why can’t you produce a birth certificate??
i don’t know the legalities of a “certificate of live birth” and am willing to bet that at the end of all this it – right or wrong – it will be decided that it’s not enough of an issue to push through with and be forgotten eventually.
personally, i’m not bothered if he was born overseas. i would be bummed to know he really did receive financial aid as a foreigner either under false pretenses or he is a non-citizen and ran for president knowing he didn’t fit the requirements…
let’s hope the record is set straight and the man we’ve put so much of our hope in is on the up and up.
some sources:
http://globalpolitician.com/25363-barack-obama
http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/index.html
http://fightthesmears.com/articles/5/birthcertificate
Obama can’t be POTUS.
Since no congressman and senator objected on 1/8/09 to Congress’ count and certification of the electoral vote which would have turned resolution of Obama’s eligibility issue over to Congress, rendering moot both the Berg and Lightfoot cases, Berg finally does achieve standing on the issue of actual harm, to be addressed at the 1/9/09 SCOTUS Conference on Writ of Certiorari. Obama’s failure to submit evidence of his constitutional qualification for the 1/9/09 conference will mean he cannot thereafter challenge Berg’s request to enjoin the 1/8/09 Congressional electoral count and certification, albeit retroactive, scheduled for SCOTUS conference 1/16/09. Moreover, Chief Justice Roberts has scheduled a full Court conference on the Lightfoot case 1/23/09 in the event there needs to be a Constitutionally mandated action, the Inauguration itself, to enjoin retroactively.
Checkmate! (WHERE IS THE NEWS MEDIA?)
hi ted! thanks for reading and thanks for the in depth information!
if you don’t mind my asking, if this isn’t in the news media, how do you know about the conference and what was submitted by obama?
i would really love to read where you’re finding this great info so i can stay on top of it also!
thanks again!
This is how I would interpret the Constituion: If Pres. Elect Obama is not a natural
born citizen, then it’s plain and simple, he must step down, no two ways about it.
However, if he is qualified under the 14 th Amendment, then he’s ligit and therefore
the President of the United States.
Phyllis Kunz
Heather, this might help:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOFGbYAfuIs
I wish this silly rumor would go away.
I am so with you on this Heather = )
thanks to everyone who’s stopped by!
phyllis – i’m with you, but my problem is, what is a “natural born citizen”or how do you get “naturalized”? it seems like a gray area…
theresa – thanks for the link! i can’t believe it’s STILL coming up and from a senator’s lips! wow. yeah – that “certificate of live” birth is on the last link i have above but does seem a little hokey even to me. anyway – he’s been inaugurated so i’m with you – i wish it would go away – don’t we have more to worry about!?!
The link above is dead, so anybody who might come wondering in and wonder what this ruckus is all about, please check this link out:
http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/citizen.asp
Soon, people are going to be saying although Obama has been going to a Christian church all of his life, he is a closet (some other religion) so he could fake us all out when he ran for President of United States.
Whenever I hear these type of statements from people, I always think that person is like the scarecrow on Wizard of Oz…… wishing for a brain.